Customer Rating: 
Summary: i450 Canon Printer
Comment: Initially worked great but after being unused for about 8 months it no longer prints in greyscale (Black ink).
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great while it lasted!!!!
Comment: I last used my i450 several months ago when it performed just fine except for the annoying series of groans, moans, and clicks for no apparent reason while it was sitting idle. Then I went north for the summer and this year it refused to print black text despite a new tank and head cleaning operation. Same problem as reported by an ealier review. I suspect that the print head went bad. Am awaiting tech support.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Printer
Comment: The printer produces close to professional quality prints. It is very inexpensive to produce those prints, although the cartridges are 10 ml as opposed to the standard 15 ml they are still less than half the cost.I had a lexmark printer before this one and i'll always have a canon. The cartridges are the BCI-24 black $6.00 and BCI-24C Color $18.00. I highly recommend this Printer!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Dead after less than a year
Comment: This was a great printer...Crisp clear graphics and text. But it just recently started printing "foggy" lots of fuzzy text. Then the black stopped printing altogether. The color printed fine but NO BLACK. Not exactly helpful for printing papers. Canon help desk was very quick getting back to me about the problem. Probably a bad print head, but it should be taken to a fixit shop to get checked out. Fixit shop wants $75 just to look at it, which is applied to the first hour of labor if we have it fixed. Print head runs about $45. I can buy a whole new one for that! I would by a Canon again but definately get the extended warranty.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great printer--would buy it again
Comment: This printer does a great job with black text and the occasional color use I've required from it (please note--I have not used this printer for photo printing). It is fast, offers nice quality, and is easy to resupply.
Summary: i450 Canon Printer
Comment: Initially worked great but after being unused for about 8 months it no longer prints in greyscale (Black ink).
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great while it lasted!!!!
Comment: I last used my i450 several months ago when it performed just fine except for the annoying series of groans, moans, and clicks for no apparent reason while it was sitting idle. Then I went north for the summer and this year it refused to print black text despite a new tank and head cleaning operation. Same problem as reported by an ealier review. I suspect that the print head went bad. Am awaiting tech support.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Printer
Comment: The printer produces close to professional quality prints. It is very inexpensive to produce those prints, although the cartridges are 10 ml as opposed to the standard 15 ml they are still less than half the cost.I had a lexmark printer before this one and i'll always have a canon. The cartridges are the BCI-24 black $6.00 and BCI-24C Color $18.00. I highly recommend this Printer!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Dead after less than a year
Comment: This was a great printer...Crisp clear graphics and text. But it just recently started printing "foggy" lots of fuzzy text. Then the black stopped printing altogether. The color printed fine but NO BLACK. Not exactly helpful for printing papers. Canon help desk was very quick getting back to me about the problem. Probably a bad print head, but it should be taken to a fixit shop to get checked out. Fixit shop wants $75 just to look at it, which is applied to the first hour of labor if we have it fixed. Print head runs about $45. I can buy a whole new one for that! I would by a Canon again but definately get the extended warranty.
Buy the comparable ink from Carrot Ink.com. Cost alot less. Refilling doesn't not work with Canon. This was my 2nd Canon and refilling the cartridges didn't work with either.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great printer--would buy it again
Comment: This printer does a great job with black text and the occasional color use I've required from it (please note--I have not used this printer for photo printing). It is fast, offers nice quality, and is easy to resupply.
As with almost any printer nowadays, shop around for ink, and consider ink supplies besides the major brand names.
Also, for most jobs, this printer produces acceptable quality when using a Draft mode--unless you get your ink for free, consider doing all but the most important docs in Draft mode.
By the way, setup in Mac X and WinXP was a breeze.